Curry College nursing school opens high-tech simulation lab in Plymouth

PLYMOUTH – Curry College has opened its new School of Nursing Simulation Lab and Training Center in North Plymouth.

Opened in January in the Cordage Commerce Center, the 1,700-square-foot skills lab is designed to support Milton-based Curry College’s accelerated pre-licensure baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs.

The new space features a simulated health care facility with five simulation labs and a central nurses’ station; a private hospital room simulation lab with a control room; a debriefing room with capabilities to watch simulations play out in real time; and four classrooms equipped with on- and off-site simulcast capabilities.

After a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony, visitors toured the labs and watched nursing students and faculty in action.

“Health care delivery has become increasingly complex, requiring a more skilled and highly trained caregiver than ever before,” Michelle McMahon, dean of Curry’s School of Nursing, said. “The Curry College Simulation Lab and Training Center provides a location, high-tech equipment, as well as access to faculty experts, to deliver programming to ensure lifelong skill competency for health care and emergency care providers."

Curry College has had a satellite campus in Plymouth since 1994. Current offerings at the campus include an accelerated nursing baccalaureate program for students who have a non-nursing degree; bachelor’s degree completion programs in accounting, business administration, criminal justice, marketing, psychology and sociology; and graduate programs including master's degrees in business administration, criminal justice, education and nursing.

The college also offers an online master's degree in accounting and an online RN-BS program for registered nurses to complete their bachelor’s degrees.

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